Midway Arcade Origins
| Midway Arcade Origins | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Backbone Entertainment Midway Games |
| Publisher(s) | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 |
| Release |
January 19, 2017 |
| Genre(s) | Compilation |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
Midway Arcade Origins is an arcade compilation released on November 6, 2012 in North America and in Australia. It is the successor to the Midway Arcade Treasures series, and includes a selection of games that were included in those compilations, with the sole exception of Vindicators Part II which will be included in Midway Arcade Origins. On January 19, 2017, Midway Arcade Origins was added to the Xbox One via the backwards compatibility program.
Games
- 720°
- APB
- Arch Rivals
- Bubbles
- Championship Sprint
- Defender
- Defender II
- Gauntlet
- Gauntlet II
- Joust
- Joust 2
- Marble Madness
- Pit-Fighter
- Rampage
- Rampart
- Robotron: 2084
- Root Beer Tapper
- Satan's Hollow
- Sinistar
- Smash TV
- Spy Hunter
- Spy Hunter II
- Super Off Road
- Super Sprint
- Toobin'
- Total Carnage
- Tournament Cyberball 2072
- Vindicators Part II
- Wizard of Wor
- Xenophobe
- Xybots
Reception
Midway Arcade Origins received mixed reviews, with a GameRankings average score of 59.50% for the PlayStation 3 release and 62.78% for the Xbox 360 release. A frequent criticism was technical problems with the controls on certain games, particularly Marble Madness and other titles that originally used a trackball.